Plainfield police seize counterfeit designer clothing

Polo Ralph Lauren, Louis Vuitton, Nike, Timberland among items

5:45 PM,
Dec. 3, 2012

Written by

Mark Spivey
| @mark_spivey

An untold number of early holiday shoppers seeking a bargain or two downtown might not have received what they thought they were paying for, police said this week.

A Black Friday bust at Margarita's Fashions in The Plainfield Plaza on East Front Street turned up more than 350 articles of counterfeit designer clothing, according to a recently released summary of the investigation into the retail store.

It was a cache of merchandise that could have fetched more than $44,000 if sold in full, police Capt. Ruth Selzam said Monday. Store owner Margarita I. McGrath, 57, of Clifton was arrested and ...

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